mm UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * . . FOUNDED 1836 WASHINGTON, D. C, B19574 0 iW ?&*ak: v. *KK ACTS o* INCORPORATION, TOGETHER WITH THE BY-LAWS AND ORDERS, OF TH1 MASSACHUSETTS-MEDICAL SOCIETY, SALEM: PRINTED BY JOSHUA CUSHING. > ........................... 1806. > f ^ \ ^ ■£•-* X *<... \ V s ( &cts of 3fncorporatfott, ■ ■■ a ii ----- Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, fjSt. An Aft to incorporate certain Phyficians, By the name of "The MaffachufettS Medical Society." AS health is effenttalljr neceflary to the happinefs of fociety | and as its prefervation or recovery is clofely connedled with the knowledge of the animal economy, and of the proper- ties and effects of medicines; and as the benefit of medical infti- tutions. formed on liberal principles, and encouraged by the pa- tronage of the law, is univerfally acknowledged : i. Beit therefore enatlei by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentativet, . in General Court affemblcd, and by the authority of the fame, That Nathaniel Walker Appleton, William Baylies, Benjamin Curtis, Sa- muel Danforth, Aaron Dexter, Shirley Erving, John Frink, Jofeph Gardner, Samuel Holten, Edward Augufiut Holyoke, Ebcnezer Hunt,, Charier J amis, Thomas Kajl, Giles Crouch Kellogg, John Lynn, James Lloyd, Jofepb Ome, James Pecker, Oliver Prefcott, Charles Pyndbon, Ifaac Rand, Ifaac Rand, jun. Miccjah Sawyer, John Sprague, Charles Stockbridge, John Barnard Siveit, Cotton Tuftr* John Warren, Thomas Weljb, Jofeph Whipple, and William Whiting, be, and they hereby are, formed into, conftituted and made a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Massachu- setts Medical Society ;" and that they and their fucceff>rs, and fuch other perfons as (hall be eledled in the manner hereaf- ter mentioned, (hall be and continue a body politic and corpo- rate, by the fame name, forever. 2. And be it enacted by the authority afqrefaid, That the fellows of faid fociety may, from time to time, elect a prefident, vice prefi- dent and fecretary, with other officers as they (hall judge necef- '\ fary and convenient; and they, the fellows of faid fociety, (hall bflve full power and authority, from time to time, to determine and eflablifti the names, number and duty of their feveral offi- cers, and tbe tenure or eftate they (hall refpoSiyely have in tbeir A offices j [ .« ] Offices; and alfo to authorife and empower their prefldent, cr fome other officer, to adminifter fuch oaths to fuch officers, as they, the fellows of faid fociety, (hall appoint and determine for the well ordering and good government of faid fociety, provid- ed the fame be not repugnant to the laws of this Commonwealth. 3. And be it enacledby the authority aforefaid, That the fellows of faid fociety (hall have one common feal, and power to break, change and renew the fame at their pleafure. 4- And le it enacled by thefhtthority aforefaid, That they, the fel- lows of faid fociety, may fue and be fued in all actions, real. perfonaf or mixed, and profecute and defend the fame unto final judgment and execution, by the name of The Maffachufetts Me- dical Society. 5. And beitpiacled by the authority aforefaid, That the fellows of faid fociety may from time to time eledl fuch perfons to be fel- lows thereof, as they (hall judge proper ; and that they, the fel- lows of faid focieiy, (hall have power to fufpend* expel or dif- franchife any fellows of faid fociety.' -^ 6. And be it enacled by the authority aforefaid, That the fellows of faid fociety (hall have full power and authority to make and enadl fuch rules and by-laws, for the better government of faid fo- ciety, as are not repugnant to the laws of this Commonwealth ; and to annex reafonable fines and penaltiesto the breach of them, not exceeding the fum of twenty pounds, to be fued for and reco-, vered by faid fociety, and to their own ufe, in any court of record within this Commonwealth proper to try the "fame; and alfo to eftablifh the time and manner of convening the fellows of faid fociety ; and alfo to determine the number of fellows that (hall be prefent to conftitute a meeting of faid fociety ; and alfo,that the number o( faid fociety, who are inhabitants of this Common- wealth, (hall not, at any one time, be more than feventy, nor lefs than ten ; and that their meetings (hall be held in the town of Boflon, or fuch other place within this Commonwealth, as a majority of the members prefent, in a legal meeting, (hall judge mod fie and convenient. And whereas it is clearly of importance that ajufl difcriminatim fhould be made between fuch as are duly educated, and properly qualifi- ed, for the duties of their profejfion, and thofe who may ignorantly and wickedly adminifier medicine whereby the health and lives of many va- luable individuals may be endangered, or perhaps lofl to the community : 7. Be it therefore enacled by the authority aforefaid, That the prefi- dent and fellows of faid fociety, or fuch other of their officers or fellows as they (hall appoint, (hall have full power and authori- ty to examine all candidates for the pradlice of phyfic and furge, ry (who (hall offer themfelves for examination) refpediing their (kill in their profeffion; and if, upon fuch examination, the/aid candidates C 3 ] eandidatM (hall be found (killed in their profeflion, and fitted for the practice of it, they (hall receive the approbation of the fociety, in letters teftimonial of fuch examination, under the feal of the faid fociety, figned by the prefident, or fuch other perfoqi or perfons as (hall be appointed for that purpofe. 8. And be it furtherenacledby the authority aforefaid, That if the . i .A faid prefident, and fuch other perfon or perfons, fo eledled and ap- pointed for the purpofe of examining candidates as aforefaid, (hall * obftinately refufe to examine any candidate fo offering himfelf for examination as aforefaid, each and every fuch perfon, fo t, eledled and appointed as aforefaid, (hall befubjedl to a fine of one hundred pounds, to be recovered by the faid candidate, and to his own ufe, in any court within this Commonwealth proper to try the fame. 9. And be it further enacled by the authority aforefaid, That the fel- lows of faid fociety may, and (hall forever, be deemed capable in law, of having, holding and taking in fee fimple, or any left eftate by gift, grant or devife, or otherwife, any land, tenement or y other eftate, real or perfonal; provided that the annual income of the whole real eftate that may be given, granted or devifed to, or purchafed by, the faid fociety, (hall not exceed the fum of two hundred pounds, and the annual income or intereft of faid perfonal eftate, (hail not exceed the fum of fix hundred pounds ; all the fums mentioned in this adl to be valued in filver ztfixfhil- lings and eight pence per ounce : and the annual income or inte- reft of the (aid real and perfonal eftate, together with the fines and penalties paid to faid fociety, or recovered by them, (hall be appropriated to fuch purpofes as are confident with the end and defign of the inftitution of faid fociety, and as the fellows thereof mall determine. iO. And be it further enacled,That the firft meeting of the faid Me- dical Society (hall be held in fome convenient place in the town ^$bf Boflon ; and that Edward Auguflus Holyoke, Efq, be, and he frfr herehv is, authorifed and directed to fix the time for holding the ^faid meeting, and to notify the fame to the fellows of faid Medical Society. [This adl paffed November \fi» "7*1-] $£ An C 4 ] An Ail in addition to an Ac7,pafed in the year of our Lord one thou- [and feven hundred and eighty-one, entitled, " A? Ac! to incorpo- rate certain Phyftcians, by the Name of The Maflachufetts Me- dical Society." WHEREAS fome doubts have arifen with refpedl to the extent of the powers given to, and duties required of, the faid fociety, by the adl to'which this is in addition, touching the examination of any candidates for the pradlice of phyfic and furgery, " who (hall offer themfelves therefor, refpedling their Jkili in their profeffion," as well as with refpect to the authority of the faid fociety, to demand and receive a fuitable compenfa- tion for their time, trouble and expenfe, in examining candidates, and for the letters teftimonial, which by the faid adl they are re- quired to give to fuch as (hall be approbated: For removing the faid doubts, I. Be it enacled by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefintathes, in General Court ajfembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it ihali be the duty of the faid Maffachufetts Medical Society, in or- der more effectually to anfwer the defigns of their inftitution, from time to time to defcribe and point out fuch a medical in- flrudlion, or education, as tbey (hall judge requifite for candi- dates for the practice of phytic and furgery, previous to their ex- amination before them, or their officers appointed for faid pur- pofe, refpedling their (kill in their profeffion, and (hall caUfe the fame to be publifhed in three newfpapers, in three different coun- ties within this Commonwealth: and every candidate examined and approved by the prefident and fellows of the faid fociety, or fuch of their officers or fellows as they (hall appoint, (hall be held to pay fuch reafonable fees of office as (hall be eftablifhed by the faid fociety, for the examination of candidates,"* and let- ters teftimonial in favour of fuch as (hall be approbated ; and the treafurer of the faid fociety, for the time being, (hall have full power and authority to fue for and recover the fame, in any court proper to try the fame. a. And be it further enacled, That the eighth enacting claufe of the faid incorporating adl, making the prefident, or fuch other perfon or perfons as (hall be elected for the purpofe of examining candidates, each and every of them, fubject to a fine of one hundred pounds, in cafe of obftinate refufal to examine any candi- didate offering himfelf therefor, be, and it is hereby, repealed. 3. And be it further enacled, That from and after paffing this aft, whenever the officers appointed for examining candidates for the practice of phyfic and furgery, (hall obftinately and un- reafonably t s 1 reafonably refufe to examine fuch as may apply therefor, re- fpedling their (kill in their profeffion, the officers, fo refuting, fhall be fubject to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, nor lefs than twenty;pounds, to be fued for and recovered by the can- didate injured, and to his own ufe, in any court within this Com- monwealth, proper to try the fame. [This actjpaffed February loth, 1789^3 An Ail in addition to an Ail, entitled, "An Ad to incorporate cer- tain Phyftcians, by the name of the Maffachufetts Medical Society." HEREAS the Aft entitled, " An Act to incorporate. certain phyficians by the name of the Maffachufetts Medical Society," has been found, in its operation, insufficient to effect the important and defirable purpofes for which it was defigned : I. Be it enacled by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatipes, in Gene- ral Court affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That the fel- lows, fur the time being, of the faid Maffachufetts Medical Socie- ty, in any meeting or meetings, to be called and holden for the purpofe, before the next annual meeting, fhall have authority to elect into that corporation, and to be fellows thereof, fuch and fo many fuitable perfons, being phyficians or furgeons refident within this Commonwealth, as they (hall fee fit, any thing in the adl, to which this is in addition, to the contrary notwithftand- ing. Provided, that all perfons fo eledled, (hall, within one year after fuch election, fubfcribe the by-laws of the faid fociety, or otherwife declare, in writing, their affent thereto, or fuch elec- tion (hall be void. a. And be it further enacled, That at the next annual meeting of the fellows of faid fociety, and afterwards at every annual meet- ing thereof, there (hall be chofen by ballot, in which any ab- fent member may vote by his proxy, duly author ifed in writing, fo many counfellors as the faid fociety (hall, from time to time, judge neceflary and expedient, who (hall hold their offices for the year next enfuing their election, and until another election of counfellors in their place ; and the fellows, at their annual meetings, whenever fuch a number (hall be prefent as the regula- tions of the fociety may require, may revife, alter, enlarge, and repeal, the by-laws of the faid fociety, as the major part of the fellows prefent may fee fit, and not otherwife. 3. And be it further enacled, That the counfellors of the faid cor- poration, and their fucceffors after them, (hall affemble and con- vene W r. « i vene, three times in the year, at fuch times and places, as the by* laws of the faid corporation (hall hereafter direct. Provided* That the firft meeting be within thirty days after the annual meeting of the faid fociety; and the faid counfelwrs (hall affem- ble and convene at any other time, as the by-law* of the faid corporation (hall hereafter direct, and whenever notified to con- vene by their pre fiding officer ; and the. meeting'of the faid v'^ * counfellors (hall be held in the town of Boflon, or as near there- f to as may be; and at the faid firft meeting of the counfellors, af- ». ,' ter the annual meeting of the faid fociety, the faid counfellors fhall proceed to appoint, from among themfelves, a prefident, and fuch other officers of the faid corporation, as are and (hall be ' required in the rules and by-laws thereof to be fo appointed ; likewife five examiners or cenfors, for the examination of all per- fons who, having been ftudents in medicine and forgery, agreea- bly to the regulations of the faid fociety, (hall offer themfelves to be approved and licenfed, aspradtifing phyficians and furgeons; and the find counfellors,'at any of the three dated meetings of the fame, and'only at thefe meetings, and after three months nomi- nation of every candidate, and not otherwife, by a major vote of thofe prefent, may elect any fuitable perfon or perfons, to be a fel- low or fellows of the faid fociety. Provided, That all pradlifing phyficians and furgeons, refident within thisCommonwealth, who fhall be fo eledled, (hall, within one year after fuch election, fub- fcribe the by-laws of the faid fociety, or otherwife declare, in writing, their affent to the fame, or fuch election fhall be void. And all perfons, not pradlifing phyficians or furgeons, or not re- fident within this Commonwealth, who (hall be fo elected, may . be deemed honorary members of the faid fociety, and, at any 4. jfaeeting of the faid counfellors, they may (ill any vacant office, « and perform any other duties, as the by-laws of the faid corpo- ration (hall direct. t 4. And be it further enacled, That, for the purpofe of examining candidates as aforefaid, three, at lead, of the examiners or cen- fors, who ih ill be appointed as aforefaid, (hall be convened in the town of Boflon, on the Thurfday next preceding the annual meetings of the faid fociety, and at fuch other times and places . as the by-laws of the faid fociety (hall direct ; and every candi- "* date, who, upon examination, (hall be approved by a majority of the faid examiners, (hall be entitled to letters teftimonial of their approbation, and of their lieenfe, to fuch candidate, to become a practitioner in medicine or furgery; under the hands of the ex- aminers confenting thereto : and to fuch letters teftimonial, the fealof the faid corporation (hall be affixed, by the prefident or fe- cretary, if any there (hall be, with the fignature of the fame; and every perfon, who (hall receive the faid letters teliimonial, and fuch fuch alfo as hereafter may be admitted tojthe degree of bache- lor of medicine at Hfcrvard Univerfity, (hall be entitled to theW; ufe of the libraries of the fociety, under fuch reftrictions as the counfellors may^direct: and after three years approved prac- tice in medicine and furgery, and being of good moral character, and not otherwife, (hall, upon application, and fubfcribing the ^by-laws as aforefaid, be admitted a member of roe faid corpora- . tion wfiile a refident practitioner of medicine of forgery within this Commonwealth. •* J-And ht ft further enacled, That the faid counfellors, upon the application of any five members of the faid fociety, may efta- bli(h, within fuch diftricts and portions of this Commonwealth, as they (hall think expedient, fubordinate focieties, and meetings/^; to confift of the "fellows of the faid corporation refiding within.?/ fuch^diftricts refpedlively, wherein the communication of cafes "J and experiments may be made, and the diffufion of knowledge in medicine and furgery may be encouraged and promoted; and the counfellors aforefaid, upon application from fuch fubordinate focieties; may appoint five examiners or cenfors, within fuch dif-» tricts^who (hall be authorifed and empowered to examine fuch • candidates for the pradlice of phyfic andfurgery, as (hall prefent themfelves for foch examination. And every candidate, who, upon examination, (hall be approved by a majority of the exami- ners or cenfors aforefaid, (hall be entitled toletters teftimonial, in the fame manner as is provided in the fourth fection of this act. And the members of fuch fubordinate focieties (hall be holden to report to the counfellors of the general fociety, all fuch cafes as may be feledted for their imp&ftance and utility ; and the faid fubordinate focieties (hall be fubjedl to the regula- tions of the general fociety, in all matters, wherein the general fociety fhall be*concerned ; and the faid fubordinate focieties may appoint their own officers, and eftablifti regulations for their particular government, not repugnant to ,tbe by-laws of the general fociety ; and (hall be capable to purchafe, and receive by donation, books, philofophical and chirurgical inftrunoents, or other perfonal property, and may hold and difpofe of the fame, exclufive of any authority of the, general fociety. *'■ 6. And be it further enacled, That all "matters and claufes, con- tained in the adl aforefaid, to incorporate certain phyficians by the name of the Maffachufetts Medical Society, which are con- trary to the purview of this act, (hall be, and they hereby are, repealed. 7. And be it further enacled, That the fellows of the faid corpora- tion (hall not be liable to be enrolled or muftered in the militia of this Commonwealth. [This act paffed March %tb, 1803.] BY-LAWS. * BY-L A W ties, as may be affigned him. 4. Recording Secretary. The recording fecreta- ry fhall have charge of the laws and records of the fociety; fhall notify and attend the meetings of the fellows and counfellors of the fociety, and thofe of the cenfors, and keep a fair record of their proceed- ings reflectively, which he fhall read at the open- ing of the fucceeding meeting ; and he fhall read, at the meetings of the fellows of the fociety, all fuch communications as the counfellors may think proper to make. He fhall receive the nomina- tions of candidates for admiflion into the fociety, and, immediately after any perfon is elected a fel- low, or honorary member, of the fociety, tranf- mit information thereof, and a copy of the laws [ 16 ] tnd by-laws, to the correfponding fecretary. He fhall receive applications from all perfons, who may prefent themfelves for examination, notify the chairman of all committees, furnifh neceffary papers, with the names of the committee, and perform any other fervices, which may be affign- ed him : and if, at any time, either of ttje fecreta- rics fhould be abfent, the one attending fhall per- form the fervices of both, but fhall, as foon as poffible, arrange and deliver over the papers to their refpective departments. The fecretaries may alfo, ,with the confent of the prefident, fur- nifh attefted copies of papers and tranfactions be- longing to their feveral departments, for which fuch fees may be demanded, as the counfellors fhall eftablifii. 5. Treafurer. The treafurer fhall give fecuri- ty for the truft repofed in him, whenever the counfellors fhall judge it to be requifite, and the funds of the fociety will admit of a compenfation for his fervices. He fhall demand and receive all money due to the fociety, together with all bequefts and donations ; he fhall demand, and (if neceffary) fue for and recover, all fines due to the fociety; he fhall, under the direction of the counfellors, fell or leafe any eftate belonging to th* fociety, and execute the neceffary papers ; he fhall in general have the care and management of the fifcal concerns of the fociety, and keep an ac- curate ftatement of all receipts and expenditures; he fhall pay no money out of the treafury, but by an order from the prefident, and his accounts fhall be examined and reported annually to the counfellors, at their firft meeting, after the annu- al meeting of the fociety, by a committee ap- pointed by them for that purpofe. ^ 6. Librarian and Cabinet Keeper. The libra- rian and cabinet keeper, fhall have in his cuftody and C »7 3 and charge, the books, mufeum', inftruments and apparatus of the fociety. He fhall keep an accu- rate regifter of and arrange them in a properman- ner ; fhall make fuch difpofal of them from time to time, as the counfellors may direct, for the be- nefit of the fellows, and make an annual ftatement of the bufinefs of his department to a committee, who fhall report the fame to the counfellors ; and he fhall carefully record all donations made in his department, to the fociety. 7. Refignation, Removal and Replacement of Of- ficers. Every officer of the fociety may, for ftiffi- cient reafons, refign his.office, or may be remov- ed therefrom by order of the counfellors, for ne- glect, inattention or mal-conduct ; in either of which cafes, or on the death of any officer, the counfellors fhall fupply his place, as foon as may be convenient. CHAP. IV. Of Examinations and Licenses. 1. Cenfors' Meetings. J HERE fhall be a meet- ing of the cenfors, annually, in the town of Bof- ton, for the examination of candidates for the practice of medicine, furgery, and midwifery, on the Thurfday next preceding the day of the annual meeting of the fellows of the fociety, as provided in the act of incorporation ; alfo, on the day following the meeting of the counfellors in October and February. Ten days, at leaft, previous to thefe feveral meetings, notice there- of (hall be given to the public in two newfp-pers, printed in Bofton, fpecifying the place, and time C oi [ IS ] of day, at which they are to beholden. Three fhall conftitute a quorum, and the fenior cenfor fhall prefide ; and no fellow fliall be exempted from ferving in this office, except the prefident, the vice-prefident, and (uch others as have here- tofore fuitained thofe offices, unlefs by a vote of the counfellors : and every cenfor who fhall ne- glect or refufe to attend thefe meetings for exami- nation of candidates, without offering an excufe which fliall be fatisfactory to thofe who do attend, fhall pay a fine of ten dollars for the ufe of the fociety. 2. Candidates and their Qualifications. No per- fon, educated within this Commonwealth, fhall be admitted to an examination by the cenfors of the fociety, or by thofe of any diftrict fociety, un- lefs he have the following qualifications: — ift. He fliall have fuch an acquaintance with the Greek and Latin languages, as is neceffary for a medical or furgical education, and with the principles of geometry and experimental philofophy. 2d. He fhall have ftudied three full years under the direc- tion, and attended the practice, of fome one or more of the fellows or honorary members of the fo- ciety ; during which time he fhall have ftudied the moil approved authors in anatomy, chemiftry, materia-medica, furgery, midwifery, and the the- ory and practice of medicine ; or, at leaft, all thofe which the counfellors fhall from time to time fpecify, as conftituting a proper courfe of medical, or furgical, education. No perfon, edu- cated without this Commonwealth, fhall be ad- mitted to an examination, either by the cenfors of the fociety, or thofe of any diftrict fociety, un- lefs he have the qualifications fpecified in the firft of the articles above mentioned; and, inftead of thofe required in the fecond, fhall have ftudied three full years under the direction, and attended the [ "9 ] the practice, of fome reputable phyfieiart or ptry- ficians, furgeon or furgeons, as the cafe may be. The cenfors of the fociety, and thofe of the feve- ral diftridts, before examining any candidate, (hall demand and receive from-him a fatisfa&ory cer- tificate of his being qualified in one or the other" of the modes above mentioned, and fuch certifi- cate (hall be delivered by the cenfors to the re- cording fecretary, or to the fecretary of the dif- trict fociety, as thecafemay be, whole duty it fhall be to put it on file, and make a record thereof. Providedneverthelefs, that, whereas, by an act of the Legiflature of this Commonwealth, the coun- fellors of the fociety are authorifed to elect, aS fellows of the fociety, all the reputable phyficians* within this Commonwealth ; and whereas, fince the counfellors were thus authorifed, time fufii- eient has not yet elapfed to enable them to afcer- tain, who all thofe perfons are, that are fuitable to be thus elected ; therefore that provifion of this fection of the by-laws, by which the tuition of pupils is confined to the fellows or honorary members of the fociety, fhall not come into ope- ration before the fourth day of June, A. D. 1813. 3. Cenfors' Duty. The cenfors of the fociety, and thofe of the feveral diftricts, fliall examine candidates, qualified, as is fpecified in the precede ing fection, in phyfiology, pathology, therapeu- tics, and furgery. They fhall previoufly agree upon the mode of examination, and, having ap- proved a candidate, fhall certify the fame to the recording fecretary, or to the fecretary of the dif- trict fociety, as the cafe may be, who, on receiv* ing ten dollars, to be paid to the treafurer for the tifeofthe fociety, fhall record fuch certificate, and thereupon furnifh the perfon approbated, with a certificate, or letter teftimonial, printed and completid in the form following : Certificate. c *° ] Certificate. We the fubfcribers, cenfors duly appointed and authorif- ed, have examined A B, of C, in the county of D, a candidate for the pradlice of and, having found him qualified, do approve and licenfe him as a practitioner in agreeable to the law in that cafe made and pro- vided.----Dated at E, this day of A. D. 18 {FG. HI. KL. By virtue of the power in me veiled, I have hereunto af- fixed the fcal of the Maffachufetts Medical Society. Atteft. O P. Recording Secretary. M N. Prefident. Or, if the approved candidate fhould choofe to have his credentials in Latin, they fhall be in the form following, viz. Omnibus ad quos bs^ literal perveniant, falutem.—Notum efto, quod nos Cenfores, A B, in C, comitatus D, in republica noftra, habitantem, de ratione et progreffu ipfius ftudiorum in re exquifivimus; et, quod eum, ad omne munus facultatis paratum et inftrudlum e(Te cenfemus: Nos, itaque, merito, poteftates om- nes ac privilegia exercendi, et profitendi, pro auc- toritate nobis (legibus rei'publicje) concredita, damus ei, et con- cedimus. In cujus rei teftimonium noftrum nomina fubfignavi- mus, apud B, die A. D. 18 CAB. ■J CD. I EF.^ar5 •In, quorum omnium et fingulorum, (idem, prefentes literas, figilfum focietatis manumque meum appofui/*^ Attejlat. Y Z, Protonotarius. W X, Prefes. The cenfors of the fociety, or thofe of the fe- veral diftricts, upon application from any perfon who has been educated in, or who fhall come from, any other ftate or foreign country, fhall ex- amine fuch evidence, or letters teftimonial, as he fhall offer for the purpofe of proving himfelf to be duly qualified to practife medicine or furgery ; and if, upon due inquiry, they fhall deem him to be properly qualified therefor, they fhall certify the t « ] the fame, and the perfon fo licenfed fhall be enti- tled to all the privileges of thole who have been regularly examined and approbated. CHAP. V. Of District Societies. I. Mode of Efiablijhment. EVERY application for the eftablifhment of a Diftrict Society fhall be made in writing to the counfellors, dating the t \- tent of territory intended to be comprehended by it, and the town or place where the meetings arc propofed to be holden : and whenever the coun- fellors (hall accede to fuch application, they fhall forthwith caufe a charter to be iffued in the form following : Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [L.S) By the Counfellors of the Maffachufetts Medical Society. To A B,C D,E F,GH, and IK, Fellows of the faid Society, greeting. Your application, made in due form, requefting that a di£ tridl or fubordinate medical fociety might be inftituted, to con- fift of the fellows ol the Maffachufetts Medical Society refiding in the following towns in the of viz. was duly confidered, at a meeting of the counfellors, holden at on the day of A. D. 18 , and it was thereupon voted that your requeft fhould be grant- ed. Be it therefore known, that purfuant to an adl of this Com- monwealth, entitled " An ail in addition to an ail, entitled, An acl to incorporate certain per fons, by the name ofihe Maffachufetts Medical Society, authorifing the counfellors of faid fociety thereunto, a diftrict or fubordinate medical fociety, by the name of is hereby eftabiilhed, to confift of thofe fellows of the Maffachufetts Medical Society, now refident, and of thofe who (hall hereafter refide, in the towns abovememioned ; and A B is hereby authorifed to call a meeting of the fellows of the Maffachufetts Medical Society, now refident within the diftrict aforefaid, for the purpofe of eledling officers, and tranfadting fuch other bufmefs, as they (hall deem expedient. In Z ** 1 In teftimony whereof, the prefident, purfuant to the afore- f lid vote of the counfellors, has hereunto fubfcribed his name, and affixed the feal of the corporation, at this day of A. D. 18 Attejl. K. L, Rec. Sec. M' M* Pref' 2. Of Difirifl Officers, and their Duties relating to the General Society. In every diftrict fociety, there (hall be annually elected a prefident, vice pre- fident, treafurer, fecretary, and a librarian and ca- binet keeper. The prefident, vice-prefident and treafurer of each diftrict fociety, fhall infpedt all communications made to that fociety, and fhall di- rect the fecretary thereof to tranfmit, to the corr refponding fecretary of the fociety, fuch commu- nications, or a copy thereof, or extracts there- from, as they fhall judge to be deferving the in- fpection of the counfellors. The fecretary of each diftrict (hall have the cuftody of all commu- nications made to that fociety, and fhall keep a fair record of their proceedings ; an account of which he (hall annually tranfmit to the corref- ponding fecretary of the fociety : alfo, he (hall, from time to time, tranfmit to the faid corref- ponding fecretary, all fuch communications, as the prefident, vice-prefident and treafurer of his diftrict, fhall deem to be deferving the confidera- tion of the counfellors. "the Treafurer of each diftrict fociety may re- ceive the affeffment due, annually, from each fel- low of the fociety, according to the third fection of the firft chapter ofthefe by-laws ; and he (hall tranfmit it to the treafurer of the general fo- ciety, within three months after the receipt there- of. The Librarian and Cabinet Keeper of each dif- trict fociety, fliall have the cuftody of the books, mufeum, inftruments and apparatus belonging to his diftrict; and (hall tranfmit a catalogue of all the I *3 3 the articles intruded to his care, to the librarian and cabinet keeper of the general fociety : alio, whenever any article fhall be fold or exchanged, he (hall, in like manner, give information thereof. The Diflrid Cenfors fhall meet at fuch times and places as the counfellors may direct ; and no member of a diftrict fociety fliall be exempted from fuftaining the office of a cenfor for the dif- trict wherein he refides : and in cafe any one, ap- pointed to the aforefaid office, fhall unreafonably neglect or refufe to perform the duties thereof, he fhall forfeit and pay. to the treafurer of the general fociety, for every fuch neglect or refufal, the fum of ten dollars. 1 hree fhall conftitute a quorum, in like manner as is provided by the firft faction of the fourth chapter refpeeting the cen- fors of the general fociety: and the counfellors fliall be the judges of the reafonablenefs of every excufe, which may be offered by any one, who fhall fail to perform his duty as a diftrict cenfor. Orders. i. On the day of the annual meeting of the fel- lows of the fociety, a dinner fhall be provided, under the direction of the counfellors, at the ex- penfe of the fociety, for fuch of the fellows as attend the faid meeting. 2. All printed publications fliall be in the form of octavo. 3. At the meetings of the fellows and counfel- lors of the fociety, the prefident fhall not leave the chair, unlefs on fome urgent occafion, nor fpeak to any queftion without firft obtaining per- miffion. 4. No I «4 1 4. No fellow fhall fpeak in any debate, with- out rifing and addreffing himfelf to the prefident. 5. No fellow, having fpoken once in any de- bate, fhall (peak to the prevention of another, who has not fpoken, and manifefts a defire to fpeak. 6. Every fellow, as foon as he has done ipeak- ing, (hall fit down. 7. No fellow fhall interrupt another while fper.king, unlefs it be to call him to order, or to correct a miftake. 8. No fellow fhall fpeak to any matter after the queftion is put. 9. > o motion fliall be confidered, unlefs fe- conded. 10. No fellow fliall nominate more than ore perfon for the fame committee, provided the firft perfon nominated by him, be chofen. 11. No vote (hall be reconfidered, at the fame meeting, by a imaller number than were prefent at its palling. A List of the present BELLOWS & HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUETTS MEDICAL SOCIETr. fearriuel Adams, Bath. Samuel Adams, Wifcaffet. Mofes Appleton, Bridgetown. Ifrael Atherton, Lancafler. B Thomas Babbit, Brookfield. Alvan Bacon, Scarborough. Jeremiah Barker, Falmouth. Amos Bancroft, Weflon. Jofiah Bartlett, Charleflown. John Bartlett, Roxbury. Nath. Bradftreet, Newburypbrt. Chauncey Brewer, Oliver Brewfter, Becket. Joiiah W. Brewfter, Blanford. William Baylies Di&hion. John Brooks, Medjord. Benjamin Brown, Waldobord* Hugo Burghardt, Richmond. William Biiel, Sheffield. C Abijah Cheever, Boflon. Timothy Childs, Pittsfield. Hezekiah Clark, Lanefhorough. barker Cleaveland, Bjfield. Neh. Cleaveland, Topjfield. Nathaniel Coffin, Portland. John G. Coffin, Bofton. William Coffin, Gtoucefter. Charles Coffin, Newbury. Daniel Coney, Augufia. Robert Cutler, Amherft. William Cutler, Hardwick. D Thomas Danforth, Bofton. John Dixwell, Bofton. John Drury, Marblehead. fcimeon Dunbar, Bridgewater. D Elihu D wight, South-Hadley. Aaron Dexter, Boflon. E Samuel Eroerfon, Kennebeck. Shirley Erving, Portland. William Euftis, Boflon. F Sam. Farnfworth, Bridgetown. Enoch Faulkner, Hamilton. Noah Fearing, Bridgewater. Seth Field, Brookfield. John Field, Oakham. Oliver Fifk, Worcefler. Jofeph Fifk, jun. Lexington* JofhUa Fiftier, Beverly. John Fleet, Bofton. Auftin Flint, Leicefter. Daniel Fogg, Braintree. Dudley Folfome, Gorhatn. Francis Foxcroft, Brookfield. Nathaniel Freeman, Sandwich* John Frink, Rutland. G Wm. Gamage, Cambridge. James Gardner, Lynn. Henry Gardner, Maiden. Jacob Gates, Boflon. Rowland Gilfton, Nantucket. John Green, Worcefler. H Nathan Hay ward, Plymouth. Abiel Heywood, Concord. John Hay, Redding. Richard Hazeltine, Brunfwick. Lemuel Heyward, Boflon. Gad Hitchcock, Pembroke. Edward A. Holyoke, Salem. Samuel Holten, Danvers. Ames Holbrook, Milton. John [ .6 1 John C. Howard, Boflon. Mirius Howe, Briflol. Ebenezer Hunt, Northampton. Ifaac Hurd, Concord. John Hubbard, Readfield. John A. Hyde, Freeport. I William Ingalls, Bofton. J James Jackfon, Bofton. Charles Jarvis, Bofton* John Jeffries, Bofton. Tim. L. Jennifon, Cambridge. David Jones, N. Yarmouth. Horatio Jones, Stockbridge. K Thomas lOft, Boflon. Thomas Kitteridge, Andover. Aaron Kingfman, Portland. L William Lamb, Grafton. Jonathan Leonard, Sandwich. Eldad Lewis, Lenox. Mofes Little, Salem. James Lloyd, Bnfton. M James Mann, Wrentham. Thomas Manning, Ipfwich. Amrni R. Mitchel, N. Tann. Nathaniel Miller, Franklin. Stephen Munroe, Sutton. N Samuel Nye, Salifbury. O Benjamin L Oliver, Salem. Jofeph Ofgood, Salem. G=orge Ofgood, Andover. Jonathan Ofgood, Gardner. Cuftiing Otis, Scituate. P Benjamin Page, ]an. ffallowell. J>me<, Parker, Gardner. Abiel Pearfon, Andover. Samuel Perry, New Bedford. Martin Phelps, Bdchertowtk Ebenezer H. Phelps Charlton. Thomas Pickraan, Salem. Oliver Prefcott, Grdlofk R Ifaac Rand, Bofton. Ifaac Rand, Jun. Bofton. Tilly Rice, Brookfield. dbijah Richardfon, Medway. Daniel Rofc, New Milford. S Nath. Saltonftall, Haverhill. Eraftus Sargeant, Micaijah Sawyzx,Newbury port* : Samuel Savage, Barnflable. Charles L. Segars, Northampt* Remember Sheldon, WilliamJK Benjamin Shertleff, Boflon. \ Daniel Shute, Hingham. Amos Spoffbrd, Rowley. Williarn Spooner, Boftan. Mofes Spooner, Winchendon* Ezra Starkweather, Chcflerf. John Stone, Greenfield. Fofter Swift, Taunton. T James Thacher, Plymouth. Thomas Thaxter, Hinghan*. Robert Thaxter, Hingbam. Philip Theobold, Drefden. Stephen Thomas, Portland. Abr. R.Thompfon, Cbarle/k Jofeph Torrey, Salem. David Townfend, Boflon. John D. Tread well, Salem. Cotton Tufts, Weymouth. W John Walton, Pepper el. John C Warren, Biflon. John Warren, Boflon. George W^re, Dighton. Richard Wells, Conway. ' Henry Wells, Montague. Thomas Welfti, Boflon. Elifha Whitney, Beverly. ; Ifrael Whitton, Winchendbn. William S. Williams, Deerfield. Thomas Williams, Roxbury. Tjpley Wyeth, Sherburne. HONORARY C *7 ] HONORARY MEMBERS. Pardon Bow en, Provid. R. I. \ John C.Lettfom, London, G.B. Ammi R.Cutler, Portfm. N.H. | John OiWne, Middieton,Conn. Manaff. Cutler, Hamilton,Maff j William Paine, Worcefler, Maff. John Feron, jL/)fc, France. j Benj. Rulh, Philad. Penn. Lem. Hopkins, Hartford, Con. William Shippen, do. John Jones, New-York. Adam Kuhn, Philad. Penn. Elias Willard, Albany. Me.d-.Hist WZ XHb Mm* iSOb u